The ongoing process of claiming my own identity, inspired by that chance encounter with Audre Lorde, has been so life-altering for me that I have since designed tools to help others in that process and regularly conduct guiding workshops for groups and individuals. While I was, at the time, rather …

If you have the habit of getting angry, holding grudges, and becoming resentful, understand that you're not free. The exception to this may be when you are confined to bed in a hospital for a few weeks. To accomplish anything worthwhile, and especially to achieve a goal others say is …

But once you start paying attention, you'll find the evidence is clear, and things become easier to prove. It has been a pleasure speaking with you about this project, and I look forward to your response to the business plan. Updating to the ICD-10 was deemed necessary when it was …

Make all of the sensory experiences match the very strong belief of confidence and proficiency. For example, not every client says, I'm feeling isolated, or I'm experiencing a lack of control. If there is a problem, then brooding over it will not help. I could feel adrenaline start to make …

It's never too late to lower your inflammation levels, and it's never too early. While it may be irritating to hear again and again, there is some legitimacy to it. Children have a deep need to feel delighted in, which builds the foundations for their self-esteem and fosters their sense …

No, they can't. While big-box stores such as Sam's Club and Costco can suck the money right out of your wallet, you can also find great bulk deals on healthy items. But even if one doesn't fit into this profile, a busy day may make it hard to find time …

Challenge yourself to jot down the negatives and the positives. The patient has morphed into an ancillary person in the room because the real relationship is between the insurance payer (private or public) and the doctor. When Noah admires the fact that Zidane wasn't paralyzed by what was at stake …

Parts of us that hold anger and exhibit outwardly facing aggression are defensive in nature--and what we defend are our vulnerabilities: the parts of us that hold pain, shame, and fear. My brain is in a whirl, and I scarcely know where I am, so great are my apprehensions that …

Sometimes, the fire in my heart felt like it somehow integrated within me, something like how the molten heat is integrated within the earth's core. I wrote most of this piece of writing while fasting. As a little one, my Aspergirl would ask me to tell me a story from …

Imagine a green cord fall from your heart through your body and out the bottom of your feet to the center of the earth. I found their love for natural skincare admirable. Many years ago, a woman came to see me with her son. Which decisions do you have to …

He then rang a bell at that spurious moment and watched how incompetence set in as the students concluded that they were much worse than most. Tune in to your body and baby and how you're coping; We need to stop seeing each other as good or bad guys. I …

Our self-pity might be best understood as disconnection from our own power. Artificial illumination that safely compensates for any lack of natural light. The person who is most important to you, the one with whom you shared your most intimate self, has now shared him- or herself with someone else …

Have them steadily press it through each contraction with as much pressure as you need. I approach the group in my memory, and I realize that the crowd is shouting at a girl sitting on a bench with her head hung low. What I was really asking, was, 'Why am …

While warming their hands over the fire, his fellow prisoner joked, I'm glad that Hitler came to power. Some people will try harder than others, creating a hierarchy of effort. I injected naloxone, the opiate antidote, directly into the femoral vein in the groin. He had been married for two …

And there we both are, dancing and moving to the music. Using the image of a thunderbolt as a reference, hold the mudra over your heart as you focus on your heart chakra and repeat the affirmation, I deeply and completely love myself. Make the effort to start a new …

The ingestion of excess calcium does not always address the main concern, and it can contribute to a host of other problems, most notably heart disease and accelerated Alzheimer (Incidentally, research shows that gossip at work is good for your health too, so office gossips really are doing something useful …

Once we've done this, we can then approach the problem or challenge with kindness, wisdom and confidence. You've spent so much of your life terrified of the outside world, of your own mind, of every foreseeable consequence you could invent for yourself, so what's next? A reduced body temperature slows …

And if the tic isn't overly distracting, consider just telling someone when you meet them in a joking way that you have a nasty habit of accidentally kicking their chair. In this case, it might feel like an impossible moment to try and process your feelings, but that is just …

S ubjectivity is the idea that, at the end of the day, we all see the world through our own goggles. Slowly you can begin to introduce the bandhas into your yoga practice, making sure that you are not disrupting your focus and breathing by adding too many elements at …

Physicians vary greatly in whether they chase things, just watch them, or do something in between. Maybe you're visualizing something that you hope will happen in the future. May my practice be what I can return to when I am far away from myself Was this an example of approach …

But having a solid foundation of love and compassion for yourself is essential for fulfillment. Numbers, along with proportions and percentages, increasing or decreasing, play a significant role in the measured success of every business or home budget on the planet. Even the article you're reading was made possible by …

Although a better way to boost those oxytocin levels might be to turn up as 'you', along with your best smile and a genuine interest in the other person. I also felt connected in new ways to people who had difficulty in speaking--like my former neighbor with Down syndrome whom …

It's important to have social boundaries and be 100% clear on them or anyone and everyone with a tyrannical, abusive, or bully nature will see the opening, treat you however they feel, and be pretty sure you won't say or do anything about it. The therapy shifts the process to …

These expressions also reveal if there's something wrong since it's hard to cover these expressions. Are there any duplicates of the things you've already been through? Danesh was stressed out and he never took it seriously. The education he received in this fashion, from all of the composers he met …

I share all of these change strategies with you in part II. She wondered if spending her first seventeen days on earth in a foster home, with no consistent and strong bond with a caregiver, contributed to her loneliness and depression. In most cases, one finds himself or herself standing …

You will seldom find them as crusading missionaries who are willing to sacrifice certain individuals for the sake of a supposedly pious idea. We put responsibility on the outside world, on Fate, or on God, to not only supply us with a vision but to make it irresistibly compelling. First …

I think what happened is that the medical team just forgot the patient had a context. When your anxiety arises and you feel unsettled, see if the Grounding and Focusing practice helps. Thankfully, I failed in swaying my jury of one and, thankfully, I was proven very wrong. Who hasn't …

Their careful work aimed to separate a specific type of 'madness' from what appeared to be mania and depression in other disorders. Upon its publication, the British Institute of Public Opinion found that 95% of the public had heard of the Report and that there was overwhelming agreement that the …

Not only that, but people definitely underperform when they are too stressed, heart, and blood vessels aside. This can be very confusing to both you and your friends. When I was approached with the opportunity to write this article, I was excited because it gave me an excuse to further …

This breathwork technique helps bring more air into your lungs and move accumulated pollutants. Health-care professionals are recommending massage therapy to treat mental health issues more than ever before. Mind-control, also known as brainwashing or coercive persuasion, is the method used by cults to systematically break down an individual's sense …

Generally, symptoms are mild to moderate and may include: And throughout your waking moments, your internal dialogue is active; you never stop saying things to yourself. Is anyone's guess with: Cancer and Virgo Suns because it's always on call. Intense physical exercise results in increased consumption of oxygen and increased …

Obviously you'd like the number to be as high as possible. This may leave you with three pairs of pants and a bra, but at least you know where you stand (in clean socks). Her days revolved around laundry, ironing, and the cooking of meals that she served promptly at …

This was not something that she had been aware of before that moment and it frightened her at first. You will need to keep working at it to improve your own discipline. We can change this cycle by focusing on thinking and talking about what we do want to create--what …

Five years and two kids have turned my scorn for overcivilized hiking into appreciation for sidewalks. In one final heartbreaking moment, I made the decision to give away my mother's table. In order to determine the nature of hallucinogen-occasioned spiritual experience,31 researchers studied reports from people who had taken …

Their son, on the other hand, had grown up in better financial circumstances than either of his parents had enjoyed as children. Customer complaints may be an opportunity for product service improvement; I would be remiss if I gave the illusion that it was easy for me to work with …

If you are seeking a promotion from your boss, you may be able to read their body language, verbal and non-verbal messages, and their overall mood in order to determine if it's the right time to ask for a promotion or a raise. Look for ready-to-eat vegetables and precut fruits …

He explained to her that he had left his wife in a huff, and now he was going home to heal their relationship. The three possible pathways are 2-hydroxyestrone (the good); Experience has shown that clearing the Grid allows any clearing work done to become more permanent. It's important that …

This hallmark feature of multicellular, complex animal life has made it essential that immortality does not erupt in our somatic cells in the form of cancer. I just can't see what's bothering you about these changes now. We can begin to heal our confusion, stress and tension, making way for …

If you don't believe you have time at home for exercise, think about ways to move more throughout your day. Language is a useful tool in our existence as human beings, and without it we may never have had the chance to build our civilizations. A: As long as it …

This is something you really do not want to waste too much time on. But as it stands, with people buying the rhetoric that everyone should be able to moderate and control their intake (and better education is the key to getting them there), this personal responsibility line acts as …